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28. 28.9 in the mid and late 60s. n/t

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Who remembers buying gasoline for under a dollar a gallon? [View all] another_liberal Jan 2015 OP

I remember paying 19.9 cents per gallon. B Calm Jan 2015 #1

Ah yes . . . those good old gas wars! another_liberal Jan 2015 #2

Exactly! I think the average price was around 25 cents, but then a gas war would happen B Calm Jan 2015 #3

Not to mention free dishware or glassware with fill-up pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #4

I do remember the stamps, lol. Damn are we old or what? B Calm Jan 2015 #5

At least we still remember, lol pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #6

greenstamps! omg! yes! unblock Jan 2015 #8

I may have grown old, but damned if I'll grow up. riqster Jan 2015 #10

I entirely avoided my midlife crisis Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #152

I had a glorious and extended misspent youth. riqster Jan 2015 #156

Lawn chairs and TV trays, lol pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #12

OMG, you just brought back long suppressed memories. GGJohn Jan 2015 #48

Therapy? Are you crazy? pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #50

Indeed!! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #89

You can get a pot holder for that many S&H Green Stamps Jim Beard Jan 2015 #145

When you said pot holder, I thought you meant� Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #158

Ha ha, I couldn't remember the name. Yep it was Green Stamps. B Calm Jan 2015 #13

Don't forget Blue Chip Stamps KansDem Jan 2015 #51

Yes, I remember S&H green stamps. RebelOne Jan 2015 #83

Mom got some unbreakable melamine dinner ware amandabeech Jan 2015 #118

And odd even plate days. pangaia Jan 2015 #153

I still have some of those glasses! femmocrat Jan 2015 #37

My family's good china was the dinnerware from boxes of DUZ detergent pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #42

Wheat designs were very popular in the '50s. amandabeech Jan 2015 #119

OMG! I remember that! Thanks for the post. AlinPA Jan 2015 #161

Fun fact: those wheat dishes were made by the Homer Laughlin china company in West Virginia Tanuki Jan 2015 #171

And S&H Green Stamps! Are we dating ourselves or what? n/t eridani Jan 2015 #136

What gets to me is that big oil companies must still be making money at under two dollars . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #7

Amazing how low it goes with the speculators out of the market. House of Roberts Jan 2015 #22

I remember way back in the early '50s when I was a teenager, RebelOne Jan 2015 #81

where'dya live? I paid 10 cents a gal. in the early 60's. (North Carolina) 2banon Jan 2015 #105

Price wars were crazy in the 50's OLDMADAM Jan 2015 #164

I'd almost swear remembering .08 a gallon.. 2banon Jan 2015 #173

I lived in Miami, FL where everything is much higher. n/t RebelOne Jan 2015 #166

I remember that too. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #139

That's when I 2naSalit Jan 2015 #88

So do I... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #125

Less Than 10 Cents Per Gallon - Houston TX - Early 60s cantbeserious Jan 2015 #128

OMG.. Green Stamps, free towels and face clothes in soap, I remember it well.. OLDMADAM Jan 2015 #163

Yep! I remember watching those prices and thinking"Yea, I can afford to put gas in a car when I buy napi21 Jan 2015 #138

Not That Low ProfessorGAC Jan 2015 #146

97 cents in Northern NJ in late 90s HockeyMom Jan 2015 #9

Ditto in Prince William VA nitpicker Jan 2015 #17

Yup. I paid 95 cents a gallon somewhere in Montana when I was driving across country in 1998 alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #46

Thanks Bill Clinton! Raine1967 Jan 2015 #131

Cruising for beer and girls -- rogerashton Jan 2015 #11

We'd all chip in our small change to buy a gallon or two pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #18

This should be making all other products cheaper to produce and transport, Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #14

"Nothing to see here folks, just move alone . . ." another_liberal Jan 2015 #31

Why not? treestar Jan 2015 #38

I'm not talking about gas, I'm talking about goods Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #41

It could take a while, but these prices would drop treestar Jan 2015 #44

That's the theory. The reality is that company profits rise instead. Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #86

5 gal. of gas for 1 hour min. wage labor. Downwinder Jan 2015 #15

I remember 22 cents a gallon and they gave you free dishes, check your oil, cleaned your windshield. Scuba Jan 2015 #16

In 1969 there was a gas station in Mayport, Florida that had girls in bikini's B Calm Jan 2015 #19

As a kid I remember the things they'd give you treestar Jan 2015 #36

I remember the "Oil Crisis" of October 1973 when the price rose to 50 cents per gallon. John1956PA Jan 2015 #20

By December, it was $0.75 in southeast Michigan if you could find it. amandabeech Jan 2015 #120

39.9 cents in 1975, full service (only), wipe windows and check oil GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #21

I remember gas at 39.9 also because the 9/10th always annoyed me. By the time I started FSogol Jan 2015 #30

Seen it sell for 9 cents a gallon madokie Jan 2015 #23

Now hose tellin' war stories? pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #27

You have a couple of years on me. Mugu Jan 2015 #110

Gas was .49 when I was in high school, LWolf Jan 2015 #24

I do. cwydro Jan 2015 #25

cheapest I recall is $.68/gal ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2015 #26

28.9 in the mid and late 60s. n/t GP6971 Jan 2015 #28

28.9 for "Good Gulf" gasoling in the mid 1960's Jim Beard Jan 2015 #92

in 1973 gas was a round 40 cents a gallon notadmblnd Jan 2015 #29

I paid .69 c a gallon in Texas in 1999. Then we elected a Texas oilman. n/t n2doc Jan 2015 #32

Dec. 1963.....25 cents a gallon dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #33

I think it was 19 cents a gallon in 1950. RoverSuswade Jan 2015 #34

I bought my comic books at a little country store . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #94

I remember mom trying to find the cheapest gas treestar Jan 2015 #35

I saw $1.79 gas this morning Man from Pickens Jan 2015 #39

I remember gas prices compared to minimum wages olddots Jan 2015 #40

I remember .99! Let the good times roll... Agschmid Jan 2015 #43

I remember it always being a buck and change oberliner Jan 2015 #45

Right as it approached $1 ... LannyDeVaney Jan 2015 #47

Yeah, they did! another_liberal Jan 2015 #95

good old days johnsolaris Jan 2015 #49

$0.4 Cents pg fredamae Jan 2015 #52

I think the lowest I saw was 27 cents a gallon... KansDem Jan 2015 #53

I remember low prices clearly. Beach Rat Jan 2015 #54

Ah the old days.... Historic NY Jan 2015 #55

I remember my dad telling us that we could not afford to go on vacation LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #56

We never went on vacation no matter how low gas was Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #160

It was about the same, vacation = weekend at Heber Springs or such LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #167

Ah, the Arkansas Oil Patch Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #168

Raises hand CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #57

I remember gas at 22.9 cents in Brooklyn, but... meaculpa2011 Jan 2015 #58

I remember the first time I saw gasoline for $1.00 - that was at a remote place - Lucia, Calirornia Douglas Carpenter Jan 2015 #59

Out of the way places and stations right off Interstate highway were first to break a dollar . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #96

0.89/gal in 2007. Fearless Jan 2015 #60

16 cents a gallon. Loved those gas wars Autumn Jan 2015 #61

29 cents at Arco was the cheapest when I had my first car. Kablooie Jan 2015 #62

I remember 25 cents..... gblady Jan 2015 #63

Back in the late '80s, Bu$h Sr. Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #170

it was around 95 cents when i got my license in 97 fizzgig Jan 2015 #64

18.9 cents a gallon outside Ft Benning GA in 1961 or 62 tularetom Jan 2015 #65

It was 2 cents a gallon at gas stations in Iraq in 2003-4. former9thward Jan 2015 #66

The "real price" was having to be in Iraq to buy it . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #93

When I first learned how to drive it was 49 cents a gallon. kimbutgar Jan 2015 #67

22 - 24 cents a gal when I bought my first car around 1960. lpbk2713 Jan 2015 #68

Sure. It was about 25 cents a gallon when I was in high school, MineralMan Jan 2015 #69

Remember when the pumps weren't designed to handle any price over $.99? Scruffy Rumbler Jan 2015 #70

It was in the 50-60 cents range when I was growing up n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2015 #71

What is going on with the price of gas? dilby Jan 2015 #72

Back in the mid 60's, I remember gas being 15.9 cents per gallon. Arkansas Granny Jan 2015 #73

Here's the deal: I was making $8 to $10 an hour and gas was sixty cents a gallon. hunter Jan 2015 #74

Ten bucks an hour was a small fortune in the Seventies . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #77

Wages varied wildly across the nation, if I recall. hunter Jan 2015 #80

I remember this also Gothmog Jan 2015 #75

Keep inflation in mind. 40 cents in 1965 is $3 in 2014 just by inflation. jeff47 Jan 2015 #76

The sad thing is that many Americans only make a little more than $5/hour now . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #98

Exactly. jeff47 Jan 2015 #111

Old TV shows are great for this kind of thing Newsjock Jan 2015 #78

In the early 70's I bought gas for $.25 a gallon. upaloopa Jan 2015 #79

25 cents 1976 benld74 Jan 2015 #82

Waited in a block long line to fill up my brand new 1969 MG Midget for $2.50...went 400 miles plus libdem4life Jan 2015 #84

My brother-in-law had an MG then. It was fun to drive . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #103

Absolutely...especially with the top down... libdem4life Jan 2015 #147

Wow! another_liberal Jan 2015 #148

Yeah, what can a 19 year old afford? Now it's Toyotas all the way. Two others...not my libdem4life Jan 2015 #149

Adjusted for inflation Kelvin Mace Jan 2015 #85

The cheapest I remember paying is 79 cents. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #87

In the 60's I remember seeing Politicalboi Jan 2015 #90

I remember paying .73 in 88. ileus Jan 2015 #91

Me... TeeYiYi Jan 2015 #97

25 cents a gallon, and a free glass tumbler LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #99

Sinclair stations used to give all the kids in the car green plastic Brontosaurus toys . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #100

I vaguely remember those. Remember the Esso tiger tails? LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #116

I remember when bread was 49 cents a loaf ailsagirl Jan 2015 #101

Its been below a buck a gallon Go Vols Jan 2015 #102

Where in motorist heaven have you lived? another_liberal Jan 2015 #109

10 cents a gallon back in early sixties in the south. 2banon Jan 2015 #104

Mid 1970's. SamKnause Jan 2015 #106

I remember when we were saying Jim Beard Jan 2015 #107

When my parents cleared out their old house, they found gas receipts csziggy Jan 2015 #108

Would a Buick be a land yacht instead of a barge? amandabeech Jan 2015 #121

Yeah, maybe land yacht would have fit that behemoth better csziggy Jan 2015 #123

FINS!!!!!!!!! amandabeech Jan 2015 #126

We had lots of cars with fins - loved those big GM sedans csziggy Jan 2015 #130

That Buick has intense amounts of Chrome. amandabeech Jan 2015 #142

Even the paint jobs on cars today are boring csziggy Jan 2015 #144

Yesterday I got gas for $1.57/gallon. Wow! SheilaT Jan 2015 #112

Well, of course. And my after school job paid $1.34 an hour so I was making bank! Shrike47 Jan 2015 #113

I did some field work one Summer vacation for a dollar an hour . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #122

Cheapest I ever paid was 16.9 during a "gas war" in 1970... Contrary1 Jan 2015 #114

28.9 cents in PA in the early -mid 60's nt PCIntern Jan 2015 #115

In 1999, it was under 90 cents/gallon. muntrv Jan 2015 #117

Once...about 20 years ago krispos42 Jan 2015 #124

23 cents easychoice Jan 2015 #127

45 cents Skittles Jan 2015 #129

I do. In the 90's when Clinton was President. Raine1967 Jan 2015 #132

I paid .17 a gallon when I started driving, early 60s. immoderate Jan 2015 #133

in the late sixties lapfog_1 Jan 2015 #134

as a kid in the 70's I remember have to give my sister 50 cents to take me places. rufus dog Jan 2015 #135

I remember getting gas for 35 cents q gallon back sometime Cleita Jan 2015 #137

When you mentioned the car was a shell on four wheels I remembered a car Jim Beard Jan 2015 #140

This was mine. Cleita Jan 2015 #143

I remember 5 gallons for a buck. Lugnut Jan 2015 #141

When I was first learning to drive, it was 25 cents, Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #150

Got my DL in 1966 and gas was $0.24/gal Lebam in LA Jan 2015 #151

The Cheapest I remember is 1.25 Drale Jan 2015 #154

I do. . . BigDemVoter Jan 2015 #155

Last time I saw that was 1992. Xithras Jan 2015 #157

I think it was around 25 cents when I was a kid and around 75 cents when I started driving gollygee Jan 2015 #159

I didn't start driving until 1972. bikebloke Jan 2015 #162

When I started driving my own car in high school in about 1967, it was about a quarter for a gallon aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #165

The Roanoke, VA WalMart in 1999, IIRC: $0.89 Recursion Jan 2015 #169

I do. ladyVet Jan 2015 #172